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Saturday, August 16, 2003

100 THINGS ABOUT ME


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The very first thing that will go on my blog is, of course, my 100 list. It's taking me a while to get it up but I'm sure I will have it completed by the weekend. I appreciate your paticence!

1. I am 5'4" and love my height. Why? Because I can wear heels without feeling too tall.

2. I am almost 100% certain that if I get married I will marry someone of a different ethnicity and skin color.

3. I teach English at the high school level. Should any of my students ever discover my posts, I would be screwed. My highest aspirations right now are either to move on and teach at the college level, or to sell all my worldly possessions, move to D.C. and work full time as a tour guide.

4. In my free time, I love to dance. I love to frequent Tempe and Scottsdale clubs alike; however, I spend more time in Tempe clubs because they're less snobby and pretentious.

5. I have taken two Latin dance classes and enjoyed them very much. It is, in my opinion, one of the few remaining forms of dancing that require a partner; where the man must lead. It is truly romantic and passionate, even if you are dancing with someone you don't feel an attraction for.

6. In my free time, I also play guitar. I am a novice, but I will go ahead and say that I have learned a lot in a year. Everything I know how to play I taught myself. Guitar playing is more than a hobby now. It is a lifestyle. I do hope to someday write and perform my own music.

7. I am not close to my family members, although I wish I was. I love them dearly, but we have been through strange and mysterious times. Time and distance has created a numbness in me that is somewhat acceptable. Not being close to them has been a source of contention for me, and I realize that if I ever meet that special someone, he will be dealing mostly with me; I do not plan to make my family (my parents, rather) an integral part of my married life. It's a sad fact- but here it is.

8. I drive 30 miles to work and back. I refuse to live in Paradise Valley/Scottsdale(Snobsdale). My heart beats for Tempe, AZ. only.

9. I watch Judge Judy regularly. I fear and respect her simultaneously.

10. I'm an insomniac and a night owl. Often, it's hard for me to get to sleep before 12 pm. I wake up at 5:30 every weekday in order to make it to work by 7am.

11. I've only been drunk twice in my life.

12. When I was only in the third grade, the powers of the universe saw it fit to bless me with breasts. I think I would have appreciated it if they had waited til I was in junior high. What can a girl do with breasts in the 3rd grade????

13. I cannot stand to go to the movies very often. Going every two-three months is enough. I find it a nonsocial event. I prefer to go alone if I go at all.

14. I love to hang out at Borders or Barnes and Noble. Either bookstore would make for an ideal date.

15. I understand absolutely NOTHING about football. Until I was in the latter part of grammar school, I thought men had to be born with special shoulders to play. No matter, I just cheer for the team with the most lovely jerseys.

16. I played field hockey all four years of high school and loved it. I also played basketball and volleyball and soccer. I was a cheerleader in college. I hated cheer.

17. I am a perfectionist and workaholic. For this reason, I think it's best that I remain single, and not bear children. I am open to suggestions concerning this very touchy issue.

18. I have never broken a bone in my body.

19. I went to my first college on a vocal scholarship. That's something... right?

20. The last great book I read was Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. It's a must read. I thought I would have to sell all my possessions (I only have three) and move to Japan forever after reading it.

21. Two movies I would recommend to anyone are A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was... interesting. I recommend it to all. Another great one is Farewell My Concubine. I don't recommend it if you don't like subtitled movies, which I do.

22. I have read just about every book of the New Testament except for Revelations.

23. I also teach Speech.

24. I have taught a college freshman course 3 times.

25. If I have casual plans to go out for the evening, and become displeased with my hair or the outfit I'm wearing, I have no qualms about standing up the people I have made plans with. I hate this about myself.

26. Although I am gregarious by nature, I have noticed that I tend to spend a lot of time alone. I can't decide whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. What are your thoughts?

27. I got my first period when I was 11. I just met two women who didn't get theirs until they were 17. The powers of the universe despise me, and are plotting my demise most urgently.

28. Between the ages of 7 and 18 I grew up in a foreign country.

29. I have a profound fear of dogs. I once ran out of a New Year's party screaming bloody hell because a friend's beast of a dog came bounding towards me. I knew I was overeacting but I couldn't help it. I was terrified, and angry; my entire body shook for 30 minutes afterwards.

30. There are four pieces of jewelry that I never take off. Two silver rings on either hand, and two silver toe rings.

31. I feel naked when I don't wear earrings.

32. I believe in a heaven and a hell.

33. I am an undeclared vegetarian. I don't cook beef, although I eat it fom time to time. When I cook and eat food with eggs and chicken I have to really focus so that I don't gross myself out. I prefer the meat I eat to be cleverly disguised, incognito, and deceitfully delicious.

34. I didn't get my driver's licence until after I had my first college degree.

35. I wear glasses sometimes when I have been sitting in front of the computer for a long time, or when I'm reading for extended periods of time.

36. When I was younger, I had a terrible habit of making a sweeping licking circle all the way around my mouth with my tongue, then wiping the saliva off with the collar or neck of my shirts. Often, my lips would get so chapped from the chaffing I couldn't move my lips.

37. I detest the word "belly."

38. I once spent 5 days straight frolicking in bed with theX!. We got dressed only once that week- to go out and pick up a pizza.

39. My second toe is longer than the first one. Does that freak you out? :)

40. I believe in the message of dreams, and I believe in journaling them/interpreting them.

41. I once dated a man who was 13 years older than I for 2 years. Although we never once had an argument, one day he walked out of the door, and I never saw him again.

42. I love paper. No particular reason.

43. I don't really care for ice cream.

44. I took a vacation by myself for the very first time last summer.

45. I have a love affair with black coffee. Sugar, no cream.

46. I have been on a hot air balloon ride. It wasn't anything special.

47. Even though I don't really care for swimming or water sports, I have a passion for canoeing! I volunteered to teach that at camp every day!

48. Oh yeah, when I was 23(?) I was hired as the Women's Director for a reputable high school sports camp in the midwest. I was in charge of all camp parties and social events.

49. I like to go fishing but I worry about the fish feeling pain.

50. I just passed the 50 mark on my 100 list.

51. Three weeks ago I overdosed on Excedrin. The doctor at the ER accused me of trying to commit suicide.

52. When I was younger I used to eat dirt... 3 years ago I was hospitalized for severe anemia. This was the explanation for eating dirt. It seems I have dangerously low levels of iron.

53. I took French for 3 years in high school.

54. The meanest thing I have ever done was to take a chicken's cut off head, boil it, wrap it in tin foil, and give it to this girl we all hated in junior high. I told her it was dessert my mom gave me, but I didn't want it. I can't believe I touched a chicken's head.

55. The second meanest thing I have ever done was to "flavor" an uncle's plate of food with specks of dirt. I hated him so.

56. The meanest thing ever done to me: I have a 1 inch, very thin, very faint line of a scar on my left cheek. It used to be very,very dark. I got it when I was 13.

57. My mother gave the scar to me with her fingernail when she pinched my face in a fit of inexplicable rage and anger. The one apology I did get from her was forced and sheepish. I love her, but I hope she feels a twinge of guilt every time I look at her.

57. When people first looked at the scar (when it was really dark) they thought I was crying because it looked like the trace of a tear. I was depressed and ashamed about my face being marred for a long time.

58. I told everyone at school I had been scratched by a cat. No one ever remembered I didn't own one.

59. My very first serious boyfriend (when I was 18) told me he thought it was a beautiful scar. It was a turning point.

60. I receive compliments about my skin and face everywhere I go. What an odd twist of fate.

60. I really enjoy NPR.

61. Manos Manos, Hands of Fate... need I say more???

62. After watching a movie, I must read Roger Ebert's review of it.

63. I want to write like Roger Ebert.

64. Besides my dad and my brother, I have never lived with a man. Ever.

65. I cannot stand to hang my clothes on wire hangers. Only plastic or wooden ones will do.

66. Although I am intimate in relationships, for the most part, I'm not a touchy feely person.

67. My love language is time. I like to give quality time and I like to receive it. I often equate a person's love for me with the amount of quality time they can afford. The other love languages- gifts, for example- do very little for me.

68. I play a little piano.